Off the wire
• Market exchange rates in China -- April 1  • Chinese yuan strengthens to 6.4585 against USD Friday  • S. Korea's exports fall 8.2 pct in March at 43 billion USD  • 1st LD Writethru: Xi urges avoidance of any inflammatory act on Korean Peninsula  • Business sentiment among large firms worsens in Japan: BOJ survey  • China's non-manufacturing PMI rebounds  • ATP/WTA Miami results (updated)  • China's manufacturing activity rebounds  • FIFA President pledges lower league World Cup in Bolivia  • MotoGP world championship standings  
You are here: 　 Home

China treasury bond futures open mixed Friday

Xinhua, April 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's five-year treasury bond futures opened mixed on Friday. The contract for settlement in June 2016 opened 0.03 percent lower at 100.995 yuan (about 15.64 U.S. dollars).

The contract for settlement in September 2016 opened 0.03 percent higher at 100.54 yuan. The contract for settlement in December 2016 opened flat at 100.15 yuan.

The contracts are agreements to buy or sell treasury bonds at a predetermined price and set date. They allow investors to bet on and profit from the movements in the value of the bonds.

The treasury bond futures were launched at the Shanghai-based China Financial Futures Exchange and started trading on Sept. 6, 2013. Endi